Vertical Urban Factory a lecture by Nina Rappaport

11 May '17

How can we provide spaces for urban manufacturing so that they encourage industries to take root in our cities—and thrive? Thinking economically, architecturally and urbanistically, what is the factory of the future? How do the socio-economic-political aspects of manufacturing, with changes in urban manufacturing and manufacturing in general, influence the design of industrial buildings and thus cities?

In Vertical Urban Factory, Nina Rappaport focuses on the spaces of production in cities that are significant in their design and contribute to a vital urban environment. This book reexamines the modernist and contemporary factory, along with labor issues in the city and the impact of globalization through the lens of an urbanist, while provoking future scenarios for urban manufacturing. It shows now that factories are cleaner and greener, smaller and taller, hybrid and flexible, they can be integrated into city life, creating a new paradigm for a sustainable, mixed-use, and more self-sufficient industrial urbanism.